A woman from St. Louis County, Missouri, admitted on Tuesday to fraudulently obtaining five pandemic relief loans totaling $104,163. Camille N. Foster, 32, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to two counts of wire fraud. Between May 2020 and November 2021, she secured five Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans intended to aid small businesses during […]
A St. Louis, Missouri-based tax preparer was arrested after being indicted and accused of fraudulently preparing 41 tax returns for clients. Shasherese M. Reed, 52, was indicted by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on April 10 on 41 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false and fraudulent […]
U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp sentenced a man who committed three carjackings in St. Louis in 2021, including one that resulted in the death of a 72-year-old man, to 27 years in prison. Carmain Milton, 50, stole a woman’s 1998 Toyota Camry on Sept. 21, 2021, in the 4500 block of Pershing Place. A […]
Four St. Charles County, Missouri, residents have been indicted on charges including forced labor, labor trafficking, and theft of government funds. Venkatesh Sattaru, 35, of O’Fallon; Nikhil Penmatsa, 27, of Defiance; and Sravan Penumetcha and Nitya Sattaru, both from St. Charles County, were indicted Wednesday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis. Nitya Sattaru pleaded […]
Three former residents of the St. Louis area accused of fraudulently obtaining $229,000 in pandemic loans in 2021 surrendered to authorities Monday in Fresno, California, where they currently reside. Brianna L. Bell-Maple, 23, Jemyla A. Bell, 38, and Leiah A. Vaughn, 22, were each indicted on March 27 in U.S. District Court in St. Louis […]
A former Lenexa, Kansas, man was sentenced in federal court after child pornography was found on the cell phone he carried into a secure area at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Security Campus in Kansas City, Mo. Shaun Walker, 41, currently a resident of Springfield, Mo., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. […]
A Neosho, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court for his role in a kidnapping conspiracy that resulted in the torture and death of the victim, and for illegally possessing a firearm. James B. Gibson, also known as “Gibby,” 41, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 30 years in federal prison […]
A Center, Missouri man was hospitalized following a motorcycle crash on Highway P, six miles south of Center. The accident occurred at approximately 5:45 p.m. on April 16, 2024, when 18-year-old Joshua T. Black lost control of his 2024 Kawasaki motorcycle due to strong wind conditions. The vehicle overturned, ejecting Black onto the roadway. Joshua […]
Mazzie Christensen, the Second District State Representative from Bethany, has officially announced the winners of her recent photo contest. The contest, which aimed to highlight the beauty and diversity of District 2 counties, drew numerous submissions. Entrants were invited to submit their photographs from late January through the end of February. The winners of the […]
House Speaker Dean Plocher and the Missouri House of Representatives are proud to announce the induction of Marie Watkins Oliver into the Hall of Famous Missourians. Marie Watkins Oliver, known as the “Betsy Ross of Missouri,” was instrumental in creating the Missouri State Flag. In 1908, as the wife of Senator Robert Burett Oliver and […]
A regularly scheduled audit of Iron County released by Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick gives the county a rating of “fair” and reveals how the Iron County Collector incorrectly withheld approximately $84,000 in tax revenue that should have been disbursed to political subdivisions in the county. The “fair” rating provided by the regularly scheduled audit […]
An accident on Highway 36, three miles east of Monroe City, Missouri, resulted in minor injuries on April 15, 2024, at 5:50 p.m. The incident involved a 2005 Dodge Caravan driven by Danielle L. Altheide, 32, of Quincy, Illinois, and a 2015 Peterbilt 579 truck tractor operated by Bradley W. White, 36, of Shelbina, Missouri. […]
After several successful seasons of antlered-elk hunting for Missouri residents, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is contemplating the introduction of a limited antlerless-elk hunting season and is seeking public feedback. MDC reintroduced wild elk in parts of Carter, Reynolds, and Shannon counties in the Missouri Ozarks nearly a decade ago. According to MDC Elk […]
FCS Financial recently selected 35 recipients for their Scholarship Program, each of whom will receive a $1,500 scholarship to assist with the cost of higher education. Since 2004, more than $875,000 has been distributed through the FCS Financial Scholarship Program. This program is designed to encourage and support higher education for children and grandchildren of […]
(Missouri Independent) – Nearly a quarter of adults disenrolled from Medicaid in the past year say they are now uninsured, according to a survey released Friday that details how tens of millions of Americans struggled to retain coverage in the government insurance program for low-income people after pandemic-era protections began expiring last spring. The first […]
Governor Mike Parson announced 23 appointments to various boards and commissions. Victoria Babb, of St. Peters, was appointed to the Missouri Community Service Commission. Ms. Babb currently serves as community resource director for Cunningham Recreation and runs the Play 4 ALL division. She previously served in the National Civilian Community Corps and Americorps St. Louis Partners. […]
U.S. District Court Judge Stephen R. Clark sentenced a man who bought 630,000 counterfeit Xanax and other pills on the dark web to 30 months in prison and ordered him to pay a $10,000 fine. Maximillian Gregory Verbowski will also be on supervised release for three years after his release from prison. From October 2019 […]
A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing a firearm. Walter Tyndal, 59, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes to 15 years in federal prison without parole. Tyndal was sentenced as an armed career criminal due to his prior felony convictions. The court ordered this federal sentence to […]
On April 14, 2024, at around 10:40 p.m., an accident on Route F, 11 miles north of Vandalia, Missouri, resulted in moderate injuries to a local man. Adam T. Ritter, 35, of Vandalia, was driving a 2002 Oldsmobile Bravada when he reportedly swerved to avoid a deer, veered off the road, and struck a tree. […]
A 17-year-old from Center, Missouri, was injured in an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accident Sunday evening, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The incident occurred at approximately 8:15 p.m. on Northeast Street, just south of Highway 19. The teenager was attempting to jump a culvert on a 2007 Arctic Cat ATV when he was ejected […]
